Announces decision to reduce fire hazard vegetation conditions within the wildland urban interface on approximately 763 acres of forested lands near to developed private lands in the area adjacent to the Spring, Fall, and Deschutes Rivers. Includes treating surface, ladder, and canopy fuels by commercial and non-commercial harvest of trees up to 21 inches (dbh), hand and grapple piling of slash, burning or utilization of slash piles, mechanical mowing of shrubs and small trees, and underburning.

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Announces decision to reduce fire hazard vegetation conditions within the wildland urban interface on approximately 763 acres of forested lands near private lands in the areas adjacent to the Spring, Fall, and Deschutes Rivers. Includes treating surface, ladder, and canopy fuels by commercial and non-commercial harvest of trees up to 21 inches (dbh), hand and grapple piling of slash, burning or utilization of slash piles, mechanical mowing of shrubs and small trees, and underburning.

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Announces decision to categorically exclude project reconstructing approximately 9 miles and relocating .75 miles of Nordic ski trails located in or adjacent to Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Includes using chainsaw and hand tools to remove bushy undergrowth and blow downs, prune limbs, fell dead trees that could fall into the trail, fix drainage problems, and resign the trails with reassurance markers and directional signing.

Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project EA, treating 98 noxious weed sites on 901 acres with manual treatments, 27 sites on 149 acres with biological agents, 40 sites on 476 acres with herbicides, and one site by prescribed or controlled burning on the Crescent Ranger District at Big Marsh where reed canary grass threatens a large freshwater wetlands complex.

Description:

6 pp.
"The project is located at various sites on the Deschutes National Forest. There are a total of
235 known noxious weed sites located in the Deschutes National Forest. Of those sites,
priorities have been identified and 166 weed sites have been included for discussion in this
Environmental Assessment. For detailed locations, see the Vicinity Maps located at the end
of this Environmental Assessment. See also Appendix B for a listing of Map Site Numbers
and their associated Maps. There are 7 different maps associated with the Treatment Sites
and this appendix displays which Map Site Numbers are on which maps."
Captured May 23, 2007.

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Proposes to treat noxious weeds on 235 sites of the Deschutes National Forest for five years, with active management on 166 sites. Includes manual control at 98 sites, biological control at 27 sites, chemical control at 40 sites, and prescribed or controlled burning for one site on the Crescent Ranger District at Big Marsh where reed canary grass threatens a large freshwater wetlands complex.

Description:

149 pp. Tables, references, appendices, maps.
"The project is located at various sites on the Deschutes National Forest. There are a total of
235 known noxious weed sites located in the Deschutes National Forest. Of those sites,
priorities have been identified and 166 weed sites have been included for discussion in this
Environmental Assessment. For detailed locations, see the Vicinity Maps located at the end
of this Environmental Assessment. See also Appendix B for a listing of Map Site Numbers
and their associated Maps. There are 7 different maps associated with the Treatment Sites
and this appendix displays which Map Site Numbers are on which maps."
Captured May 23, 2007.

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Announces implementation of the use of prescribed fire on approximately 2700 acres and noncommercial mechanical thinning on approximately 800 acres within the wildland-urban interface in the Upper Ochoco Creek Watershed. Aims to reduce hazardous fuel loadings by undertaking low intensity underburns, burning of hand piles, and noncommercial thinning activities using hand tools.

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Announces decision to implement prescribed fire treatment on approximately 2500 acres and noncommercial mechanical thinning on about 600 acres within the wildland-urban interface in the Upper Ochoco Creek Watershed. Aims to reduce hazardous fuel loadings and to improve tree vigor by low density underburning, burning of hand piles, noncommercial thinning to remove small trees to a specified density using hand tools, and hand piling or lopping resultant slash before burning.

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Announces decision to reissue the special use permits for the 66 privately-owned recreation residences along the shoreline of the Lake. Components include reissuing the permits, forbidding any additional lots beyond the 66 units on the tract, and providing any permit holder not in compliance with the terms a one-year permit to bring the site into compliance.

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Announces decision to issue a special use permit for prospecting to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to conduct exploration activities to gather information that will be used to develop a plan for expanding sand shed cinder pit. Includes drilling approximately 10 to 30 holes with truck and track mounted equipment within a 40 acre area adjacent to the pit.

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Announces decision to issue a special use permit for prospecting to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to conduct exploration activities to gather information that will be used to develop a plan for expanding sand shed cinder pit. Includes drilling approximately 10 to 30 holes with truck and track mounted equipment within a 40 acre area adjacent to the pit.

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Proposes to authorize the issuance of a long-term special use permit for operation of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's Cascade Science School, and the adoption of the Master Development Plan which modernizes its facilities at Skyliner Lodge. Improvements include a new water delivery system, three restroom and shower buildings, and a storage and maintenance structure, a utility corridor to a new septic system, and a new set of fire suppression tanks.

Documents the review and review findings of project EA actions on species viability. Finds the Opine project no action alternative has no impact on Castilleja chlorotica or Botrychium pumicola, and that the project may impact Castilleja chlorotica individuals or habitat, but will not likely contribute to a trend toward federal listing or cause a loss of viability to the population or species.

Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 with modifications from the 30-day comment period to effect reductions in natural fuels, including reductions in shrub and forest stand densities as well as for providing commercially viable wood fiber to support local mills and the local economy. A variety of vegetation (commercial and non-commercial thinning) and fuels reduction treatments on 26,638 acres are proposed, including approximately 6468 acres of thinning and regeneration harvest treatments in ponderosa and lodgepole pine stands. Within the stands will be 5312 acres of fuel reduction treatments, and an additional 20,170 acres of treatments in xeric shrublands and forest stands are proposed outside of the commercial and non-commercial treatments.

The Deschutes National Forest, Forest Supervisor, Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District Ranger, and the Interdisciplinary Team members for the Opine Planning Area have determined the need for reductions in natural fuels, including reductions in shrub and forest stand densities as well as for providing commercially viable wood fiber to support local mills and the local economy. A variety of vegetation (commercial and non-commercial thinning) and fuels reduction treatments on 26,638 acres are proposed, including approximately 6468 acres of thinning and regeneration harvest treatments in ponderosa and lodgepole pine stands. Within the stands will be 5312 acres of fuels reduction treatments, and an additional 20,170 acres of treatments in xeric shrublands and forest stands are proposed outside of the commercial and non-commercial treatments.

Announces decision to implement Alternative C of project EA, modified to sell 480 acres of Forest land identified in the Townsite Act application to the OWW2 Sanitary District, which would use the property for wastewater facilities in conjunction with improvements to sewage treatment facilities located on district land. Treated effluent would be conveyed in an encased pipeline from the facilities to the Vandevert parcel within existing public rights-of-way along roads and across from the Little Deschutes River.

Proposes to sell 240 acres of Forest land identified in the Townsite Act application to the OWW2 Sanitary District, which would use the property for wastewater facilities in conjunction with improvements to sewage treatment facilities located on district land. Treated effluent would be conveyed in an encased pipeline from the facilities to the Vandevert parcel within existing public rights-of-way along roads and across from the Little Deschutes River.

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Announces decision to proceed with a study conducted by Oregon State University that will test stand differences in structural development over time using four silvicultural treatments in second-growth, even-aged ponderosa pine. Treatments include no treatment, uneven-age group selection, wide thinning, and uneven-age single tree selection.

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Announces decision to implement a study conducted by Oregon State University that will test stand differences in structural development over time using four silvicultural treatments in second-growth, even-aged ponderosa pine. Treatments include no treatment, uneven-age group selection, wide thinning, and uneven-age single tree selection.